This question is for nursing students who are in their second Semester and up. How do you think a person who is more technically inept and has a lot of common sense will do in clinicals? Do you think it's better to have Common Sense or book smarts. I recently had a baby and when I was in the hospital there was a nursing student who came into my room and we started to talk anout nursing school and she was telling me that she was book smart but was having trouble because she really couldn't get the hang of anything hands on. Is there any nursing students out there who are in the same boat as me and are not really that book smart but can kick but with hands on stuff. Please let me know how you are fairing. Looking through all of these posts makes me nervous because all i keep hearing is how horrible nursing school is. I am really excited. I love hands on stuff. THANKS :rotfl: